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Iraq

Bash Tapia Castle

Iraq

Bash Tapia Castle
Photo: Eng Omer Akram · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Bash Tapia Castle, also known as Bashtabiya or Pashtabia Castle, is a ruined 12th-century castle in Iraq, built of rock. It stands on the western bank of the Tigris River as part of the city wall of Mosul, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant partially destroyed it in April 2015.

Type
castle
Materials
rock
Place
Iraq

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Location

36.35540, 43.12160